The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/courts/page/2/)
On the first day of the trial, Derek Chauvin’s defense team urged the jurors to look beyond the tape to other issues, adopting a tactic that has been used in earlier police cases involving damning video evidence.
The president’s 11 federal judicial nominees include three Black women and the first Muslim, New Jersey judge Zahid Quraishi.
The Supreme Court on Thursday expanded protection for those who sue after being injured by police, saying that an unconstitutional “seizure” can take place even if the person is able to avoid being detained or arrested. In related news, the New York City Council passed legislation aimed at reining in police misconduct by making it far easier to sue officers for conducting illegal searches or using excessive force.
The decades-old trial penalty in New York State threatens constitutional rights, limits law enforcement transparency, and weakens the integrity of the justice system, says a report released Friday.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will discuss taking up a major new gun rights case involving a National Rifle Association-backed challenge to a New York state law that restricts the ability of residents to carry concealed handguns in public,
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is applying a program called Civil Unrest Restorative Response to 80 percent of the individuals charged during anti-police protests last year, many of whom had no prior arrests, were so impoverished that they virtually all qualified for public defenders, and would assuredly be unable to pay restitution.
The judges of the First Circuit Court questioned whether police have the right to surveil civilians for months on end .
With COVID-19 still very much a threat, jurors are required to wear clear face masks, undergo temperature checks, answer health questions and maintain social distance.
The death sentence for Dzokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, was set aside by an appeals court in July on procedural issues. The decision Monday by the Supreme Court to review that decision could test President Joe Biden’s opposition to the death penalty.
The planned release of seven years of data by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. to illustrate how race and gender influence charging decisions is another step in the emerging national movement to demystify a system that has been opaque too long, write two open-government advocates.